Effektorium is a technically utterly complex, but user friendly, and exceedingly fun installation in Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Museum in Leipzig.

 

Museum visitor enters the room to find himself at the conductors stand with electronic music notes and an orchestra of 12 speakers in front of him. Each speaker represents different group of instruments. The visitor is given conductors´ stick, and the concert may begin. On the repertoire are works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. By browsing electronic note-pad the visitor freely chooses which work he/she wishes to conduct, and by swinging the electronic stick decides upon the tempo. The visitor can also exclude certain group of instruments or decide to hear just one instrument. In this way one enjoys a very personalized version of Mendelssohn-Bartholdys work.

 

The idea for the Effektorium originated in the cooperation between Bertron Schwarz Frey Studio and WHITEvoid. WHITEvoid administered the implementation. 

 

Effektorium is exceptional in its kind, and puts the Museum of Medelssohn-Bartholdy among the most elaborate music museums in the world.